Current requirements of electronic communication ask for use of broad specter of various electronic channels and entry devices. Effectiveness and comfort for the end user has maximum attention. Highly effective tool of electronic communication of a citizen with public administration are intelligent, electronic forms that enable significant independence from communication channels and at the same time decrease the platform support costs of service provider.

Electronic form is the basic tool for exchange of structure data required for public service agenda in an extent of available electronic service. Its part is besides visual presentation also a file of fulfilled norms in accordance with Act on public administration information system standards as well as support of technological integration.

Intelligent electronic form, whose development, integration and use will have no complications in any part of its life cycle but will provide the user comfort opportunity to communicate on proactive level, is the highest effectiveness goal.

 

The presentation focuses on the issues of spatial integration. It reflects commitments of Slovak republic toward European initiative INSPIRE and fixates on final solution of national infrastructure for spatial information in the context of current and future needs of modern European society.

The Government Resolution 745 of 3 October 2007 defined a task for the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic to transpose the Directive 2007/2/EC of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). The transposition was carried out by a draft Act on national infrastructure for spatial information. At present, the comments raised by the Legislative Council of the Slovak Government are being incorporated in the draft Act.

Objective of implementation of the Directive is to establish sufficient coordination among the users and providers of spatial information with cross-cutting nature from various sectors. The Directive in its Annexes I to III defines 34 themes for spatial data. Division of the themes into the Annexes has been carried out with regard to the importance (highest importance, lower importance, thematic data for a broad spectrum of environmental policies). Spatial data sets, containing these themes, and spatial data services establish an infrastructure which should assist in decision-making related to the environment.
Existence of metadata is a basic requirement to effectively use the available data. These metadata contain information on quality, availability, usage possibilities, format and structure of existing data sets. The basis for building an infrastructure – network services (discovering, transforming, viewing and downloading) for sharing spatial information - is the register of spatial information which is one of fourth supporting registers for the informatisation of the public administration and  for which the Ministry of the Environment has been proposed to act as a system administrator.   

Thematic area: Use of geographic information systems (mapping applications, dealing with spatial data, use of spatial data in practice, other useful applications)